cross wind taxying/ downwind landings

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Nick
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cross wind taxying/ downwind landings

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What sort of wind strengths do others feel the B2B can be taxyed in and or hovered downwind?
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Re: cross wind taxying/ downwind landings

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Okay what about this old but still relevant question?
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According to the flight manual, it is 20 mph.
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20 mph seems plenty generous to me. Crosswind component on a lot of Cessna 172's is 15 mph for comparison. Thanks for the info. I'm gonna look in the manual now :-)
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